Dear Editor: Over the last few years I have had the opportunity to work at a bar on campus. I have witnessed the Madison Police Department at work. On a normal weekend there will be six to eight officers patrolling the bars for underage drinkers. On at least one occasion I witnessed them in an undercover sting operation with plainclothed officers waiting to ID suspected underage drinkers. Typically these officers will only find one or two people who are not of age.
The problem I am baffled by is that at a time where there are two unsolved murders, the department has decided that instead of focusing on problem areas they would rather find those two 20-year-olds with fake IDs.